Hi friends!

You've probably come into contact with this link by way of my social media accounts or via an email that you've received from me.

In any case, I am so glad that you're here, and I would love to share a quick story with you.

Shortly after being saved, through being discipled, I began reading through the Old Testament to learn about the character of God and His relationship with His people.

After having spent quite a bit of time reading the Old Testament, I began reading the New Testament.

I will never forget the day when I felt the palpable power of the Bible. I was running an errand with my husband and decided to stay in the car and read Acts. It was a hot day in Los Angeles, so my feet were on the dashboard, and the windows were rolled down.

I read and read, and everything changed when I got to chapter 7. I had become so engulfed in this book of the Bible that by the time I got to the chapter where Luke recorded Stephen being martyred, I felt I had been transported right into the pages of Scripture.

Before I knew it, reading, "But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God,” this caused a physical reaction, and I began to weep loudly!

It was as if I was in the audience watching Jesus look at Stephen, proud that he would boldly proclaim Him to the point of death. That day, I grew immensely more profound in my love for Jesus with a greater desire to make His Gospel known, come what may.

For us in the West, we get to have strong believers disciple us in God's word in our heart language. We get the privilege of engaging with the Lord so personally and so intimately through His word.

I want you to sit with these questions:

What kind of pain would you experience if there was no Bible in your native tongue?

How would you truly know God apart from His Word?

The Word of God in the language of the heart changes lives like nothing else on earth.

It was 2006. A young Islamic man, walking home in Sudan, found a scrap of paper that changed his life. In large Arabic print, the paper read, “God is Love,” followed by several Scripture verses.

He said:

Later that year, Samir fled war-torn Sudan for Ethiopia. He says, “The paper had vanished, but one night Jesus appeared to me, a very bright light, in a dream. He said he loved me. Nobody preached the gospel to me, but I knew that something inside me had changed. Later on, I surrendered my life to him.”

17,443 people groups inhabit our world. Almost half of them remain unreached by the gospel.

The Word of God in the heart language is the key to successful church planting, but traditional Bible translation methods cannot meet the demand. 

unfoldingWord equips local church networks to quickly, accurately, and inexpensively translate the Whole Bible for their Whole Nation.

The Word of God in the language of the heart changes lives like nothing else on earth. A generous financial partner has offered a two-for-one matching grant to help spread the Word, so we’ve set a goal to raise $100,000 by December 31st. If we raise $100,000, our partner will add $50,000! 

Will you join us and invest in the life-changing power of the Word of God?